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METHOD OF AND MACHINE FOR SHRINKING, DRYING, AND

FINISHING CLOTH.

No. 276,036. Patented Apr. 17,1883.

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METHOD OF AND MACHINE FOR SHRINKING, DRYING, AND

FINISHING CLOTH.

No. 276,036. Patented Apr. 17,1883.

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' UNITED STATES ATENT WILLIAM HEBDON, OF NEW BRIGHTON, ASSIGNOR TO THE AMERICAN CLOTH WORKERS COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

METHOD OF AND MACHINE FOR SHRINKING, DRYING, AND FINISHING CLOTH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 276,036, dated April 17, 1883.

' Application filed May 24,1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WM. HEBDON, of New Brighton, in the State of New York, have invented an Improved Method of and Machine for Shrinking, Drying, and Finishing Cloth, of which the following isa specification.

The object of myinvention is to dampen and shrink cloths and other fabrics in such a way that the operation will be uniform and rapid, then to dry and finish, as hereinafter described.

Figure l of the drawings is a sectional view on line 3 y of Fig. 2, illustrative of my appa ratus. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. I Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the drier and the means for drawing the cloth through it. Fig. 4 is a sectional plan view on line at a." of Fig. 3.

A represents the water-tank; a a, two rolls I near the bottom thereof; 1), two pairs of squeezing-rolls arranged over the tank, and a little farther apart than the rolls a a. The rolls a a are journaled in the sides of the tank and the rolls b in a supporting-frame above the tank. In this frame are also journaled the rolls 0 e,

from the latter'of which, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, the damping-sheet passes between the front pair of squeezing-rolls b b down into the tank, around the rolls a, a, up to and between the second pair of squeezing-rolls and to the roll 0. At the ends of said supportingframe are journaled the friction-rolls (Z d, the one next to the drier not being used when the drier is at that end.

B represents the drier-frame,which may be connected by a hook and eye or other detachable connection with either end of the rollersupporting frame on the tank, so that either roll 0 or 0 will be the winding and the other the unwinding roll, as the drier may be connected with one or the other side of the rollersupporting frame. Thus it will be perceived that one of the rolls 0 6 serves to discharge one piece of cloth while the other is receivin g a second piece.

In the drier-frame Bis arranged the tube j, which is supplied with steam by a pipe, h, connected by a flexible tube with the steam-space of a boiler, the tubef being bent to form spaces for the reception of the rolls i i, which are journaled in the frame B, and around which the cloth passes, and being provided at the lowest-points of'its bends with the pipes g to allow the water of condensation to escape. Over each end of the tube f is arranged a finishin g or pressing roller, 7c, the one next to the tank being made to press the cloth as it comes from theroll e, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, and both being pressed down on the cloth by springs, which'act upon theirbearin gs. Over each upward convexity of the tube fare arranged the friction-rolls l,'which press the cloth to the tube.

D is a frame carrying the roll m, which may be operated by a hand-crank to draw the cloth from the roll 0, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3 of the drawings, through the drying-frame and to wind up the same.

In Fig. 3 of the drawings, (0 represents four double pulleys and a belts for connecting the said pulleys with the pulley m, the belts being so arranged as to rotate the rollers t c in the same direction, to assist the forward movement of the cloth which is being drawn through the drying-frame.

The operation by which I shrink, dry, and finish the cloth is as follows: As shown in Fig. lot the drawings, the cloth passes from the bolt to the roller 0, on which it is to be wound with the dampening sheet, is then carried over the friction-roll 01, around the bolt-board, and up again over the friction-roll d to the roll 0, the bolt being thus hung or supported in a bag or loop of the cloth. The dampening-sheet is wound on roll 0 at the same time with the cloth, and the roll 0, as well as through the drying-frame in close proximity to the steam-heated tube f, which is provided with the spring-valve n and air-inlet valve 0, as shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings, to regulate the steam-pressure and admit air when the steam is cut off. As the cloth is, dampened when of a single thickness and spread to its full width, the shrinking is uniform, while the may be separately moved around to the other drawing of it through the frame of the drier by thehand-operated roll m on the frame D enables it to be completely dried and perfectly finished. The drawing-frame D is now disconnected from the drying-frame and the latter from the roller-supporting frame, so that each end of the roller-supporting frame, where they may be again connected with said roller-supporting frame and with each other. That one of the rollers c e which was before thewindingroll now becomes the unwinding-roll, and the one which was the unwinding-roll now becomes the winding-roll.

The tank is provided with a central superposed roll, 0, for shrinking canvas, duck, and linens which require to be saturated. This may be done without interfering with the ordinary dampening operation, the material be ing wound directly from the tank to the roll and there left for the water to drain off from it. After remaining over night I usually run the canvas, duck, or linen through the drier and on the roller m before commencing to dampen cloth.

1) represents rollers over which the canvas is carried when too wet for contact with the tube f. Then it passes around rollers i i and out to the winding-roll m. It is sometimes advisable to pass it a second time through the drier. The dampening-sheet r is connected at its ends to the rolls 0 e and passes back and forth from one to the other, but sometimes requires to be separated from one roll and passed through the drier to preventit from becoming mildewed.

The advantages of my invention consist in the continuity and rapidity of its operations,

tallic surfaces; also, that themiddle crease in the cloth is removed, so that in doubling it for cutting the selvages may be placed edge to edge and the cloth cut to the best possible advantage.

What I claim as new and of my invention 1s ishing cloth and similar fabrics, which consists in first rolling a single thickness of material in a dampening-sheet, then passing it over a heated surface, and finally pressing it, as described.

2. The combination of the rolls a b, end roll, (1, and rolls 0 e, to allow the cloth and dampening-sheet to be simultaneously woundin alternate layers about the roll 0, as described.

3. The combination, with the roll a, of the rolls 6 k l, the tube f,and the roll m, to enable the cloth to be drawn from said roll over a heating-surface, as, described.

WILLIAM HEBDON.

Witnesses:

GEO. D. WALKER, O. SEDGWICK.

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